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We've all been lied to about Columbus.
Before Columbus sailed
the Atlantic, he was a slave trader for the Portuguese, transporting West
African people to Portugal to be sold as slaves. Columbus initiated the first
Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Columbus, brother and son continued
slave trading of indigenous peoples from the Americas to Europe, and from Africa
to the Caribbean. Under his administration as viceroy and governor of the
Caribbean Islands, 8 million people were killed, making his
"contribution" to history the first mass genocide of indigenous
peoples. The Columbus legacy is steeped in blood, violence and death.
The Transform Columbus Day Alliance believes public
holidays celebrating Columbus not only teach children to honor a cruel and
brutal man, but they also encourage people to ignore and possibly
support racist practices that are embedded in social, economic, political, and judicial
systems.
The research below will guide you in critically evaluating the role
of Christopher Columbus and his legacy of his oppression and cultural
domination.
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500
Years of Indigenous Resistance
Joel Achenbach.
Debating Columbus in A New World
Alabama Proclamation of American Indian
Heritage Day
Larry Alexander.
Columbus to be Remembered Here
Loring Abeyeta
'Conquest brought suffering to Native Peoples
American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council.
Indigenous
People's Opposition to Celebration and Glorification of
Colonial Pirate Christopher Columbus
American Indian Movement of Colorado.
Open Letter to Sons of Italy from
Colorado AIM
Why the American Indian Movement of Colorado
Opposes Columbus Day and Columbus Day Parades
Bartolomé de las Casas
Links (1,
2)
Brief
Account of the Devastation of the Indies [1542]
BBC News.
Columbus
Sparked a Genocide
Courtney Campbell.
Dirt Greed and Blood: Just War and the Colonization of the New World
Catholic Encyclopedia.
Christopher
Columbus
Ward Churchill.
Columbus and the Beginning of Genocide in the
"New World"
Columbus
Day Commemorates a Holocaust
Deconstructing the
Columbus Myth
Roy Cook.
Columbus
Day: Holocaust and the Doctrine of Discovery
Dinesh D'Souza.
The
Crimes of Christopher Columbus
Wayne Ellwood.
Hidden History: Columbus and the Colonial
Legacy
Peter d'Errico.
Lord Jeffrey Amherst & the Case of the Small Pox Blankets
Wade Frazier.
Columbus the Original American Hero
Edward Everett Hale.
The Life of Christopher Columbus: From His Own Letters and Journals
and Other Documents of His Time
Indian Country Today.
Columbus Day Articles
Library of Congress.
1492
Exhibit : An Ongoing Voyage
Nita Gonzales.
Press Statement of
Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios and the Red Earth Women's
Alliance
Woody Harrelson.
I'm an American Tired of American Lies
Pip
Hinman.
Five
Centuries of Plunder
History of Columbus
Day in Colorado
Benjamin Keen.
The Legacy of Bartolomé
de Las Casas
William F. Keegan.
Destruction of the Taino
Debra Utacia Krol.
Columbus Day
is nothing to celebrate
Winona LaDuke.
We
are Still Here
James Loewen.
Lies My Teacher Told Me
The Truth About Columbus: A Subversively True
Poster Book for a Dubiously Celebratory Occasion [.pdf]
Lewis Lord with Sarah Burke.
America Before Columbus
Charles C. Mann.
1491
Eamon Martin.
Columbus Day
Reviled by Indigenous Peoples
Kevin Miller.
Why Did Columbus Sail?
Peter Montague.
Columbus Day 1999
James Muldoon.
Columbus-bashing began in 1492
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
A Faithful Response to the 500th Anniversary
of the Arrival of Christopher Columbus
Steve Newcomb.
Colonization
Day
Five Hundred Years of Injustice:
The Legacy of Fifteenth Century Religious Prejudice
Canku Ota.
Why Rethink Columbus?
Luis Paz.
It's a Good Day to be Indigenous
Leonard Peltier.
Leonard's
Columbus Day Statement (2001)
Carla Rahn Phillips and William D. Phillips.
Christopher Columbus in United States History: Biography as
Projection
The
Textbook Columbus: Examining the Myth
Voyage of Destiny
Kathy Pollitt.
They
Know When You Are Sleeping
Progressive Italians to Transform the Columbus Day Holiday
[PITCH].
Statement in Support of a Respectful Celebration
of Italian Heritage
Wendy Rose.
For Some, it's a Time of Mourning
Robert Royal.
1492 and Multiculturalism
Columbus on Trial: 1492 v. 1992
Kirkpatrick Sale.
What Columbus Discovered
Alvin Sanoff.
The
Myths of Columbus: Conversation with Alvin P. Sanoff
Audrey Shabbas.
1492:
a Time for Jubilation?
Jack Shreve.
Christopher Columbus: A Bibliographic Voyage
Richard A. Snyder.
Council of Churches condemns Columbus
Alessandra Stanley.
The
Invasion of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
David E. Stannard.
Genocide in The Americas
Pavlos Stavropoulos.
Walk the Walk in
Denver
Edward T. Stone.
Columbus and Genocide
Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture
from the Caribbean
Transform Columbus Day Alliance.
Principles
Quiz
Transforming Columbus
Day: A Study Guide for Faith Communities
Tzvetan Todorov.
The
Conquest of America
United Confederation of Taino People.
Why Celebrate Columbus Day?
Questions To Ponder As Columbus Day nears...
Pauline Moffitt Watts.
Science, Religion, and Columbus's Enterprise of the Indies
Jack Weatherford.
Examining the Reputation of Christopher Columbus
Delno C. West.
Christopher Columbus and His Enterprise to the Indies: Scholarship
of the Last Quarter Century
Wallowing in a Theological Stupor or a Steadfast and Consuming Faith:
Scholarly Encounters with Columbus' 'Libro de las
profecias'"
Delno C. West and August Kling.
Columbus and Columbia: A Brief Survey of the Early Creation of
the Columbus Symbol in American History
John Noble Wilford.
Discovering Columbus
Dominican Bluff Yields Columbus's First Colony
Experts Debate Theory on Columbus
John Williams.
Columbus Discussed by Students
Gary Wills.
Goodbye Columbus
Samuel Wilson.
Columbus My Enemy: A Caribbean Chief
Resists the First Spanish Invaders
David Yarrow.
Who
was Christoforo Columbus?
Michael A. de
Yoanna and Terje Langeland.
Ground
Zero for Columbus Day
Mickey Z.
Not All Italians Love Columbus
Richard Zacks.
"Explorers Don't Need a Welcome Mat"
from
An Underground Education [.pdf]
Howard Zinn.
Columbus and Western
Civilization
Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
The Empire and the People
Introduction
from
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Unsung Heroes: Why Aren't People such as Daniel Shays, John Ross, or
Fannie Lou Hamer Held Up as Role Models?
The Ultimate Power
The Use and Abuse of History
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